| A stringed instrument: It. | 26 |
| A striking arrangement | 22 |
| A strike-out makes it go down | 29 |
| A street drug, for short | 24 |
| A street drug, briefly | 22 |
| A straight shot it's not | 28 |
| A storyteller may spin one | 26 |
| A story might follow one | 24 |
| A story might be told in it | 27 |
| A storm might delay it: Abbr. | 29 |
| A storm heading: Abbr. | 22 |
| A store might have its own | 26 |
| A stooge and a Pep Boy | 22 |
| A stone's throw from | 24 |
| A stone's throw away from | 29 |
| A stone's throw away | 24 |
| A stone for Jimmy Carter | 24 |
| A stockyards owner is ___ | 25 |
| A stockbroker is never __ | 25 |
| A step below the Majors | 23 |
| A STEIN'S LIQUEUR (anag.) | 29 |
| A state symbol of Maryland | 26 |
| A state of the union address? | 29 |
| A state named for Sioux Ind. | 28 |
| A state carved out of Deseret | 29 |
| A stargazer may make one | 24 |
| A star usually has a big one | 28 |
| A star may represent it | 23 |
| A star may have a big one | 25 |
| A star can have a huge one | 26 |
| A stake, metaphorically | 23 |
| A spy will often cross them | 27 |
| A spy might work under one | 26 |
| A spray might be used for one | 29 |
| A spore is at its core | 22 |
| A sponge might have a big one | 29 |
| A splitting, as of atoms | 24 |
| A spire is part of one | 22 |
| A speaker might make it | 23 |
| A sPArkling brightness | 22 |
| A Spanish queen and namesakes | 29 |
| A Spanish 21 deck has none | 26 |
| A Soviet adm. division | 22 |
| A Southern sodbuster ___ | 24 |
| A southern constellation | 24 |
| A south-of-the-border assent | 28 |
| A South African capital | 23 |
| A source of the Mississippi | 27 |
| A source of sugar and syrup | 27 |
| A source of oil and flour | 25 |
| A source of mother-of-pearl | 27 |
| A source of inks and paints | 27 |
| A sound from the tower | 22 |
| A sore loser he isn't | 25 |
| A sophomore or a junior, e.g. | 29 |
| A son of Zeus and Hera | 22 |
| A son of Midian: I Chr. 1:33 | 28 |
| A son of Leah and Jacob | 23 |
| A son of Jacob and Zilpah | 25 |
| A son of Jacob and Leah | 23 |
| A son of Isaac and Rebecca | 26 |
| A son of Hercules and Omphale | 29 |
| A son of Gad: Gen. 46:16 | 24 |
| A son of Cronus and Rhea | 24 |
| A son of Bela: 1 Chr. 7:7 | 25 |
| A son of Aphrodite: Var. | 24 |
| A sometimes-blonde, e.g. | 24 |
| A solo dinger counts for one | 28 |
| A solid-colored billiard ball | 29 |
| A sole might get caught in it | 29 |
| A soldier working in a mess? | 28 |
| A soldier may swig from it | 26 |
| A soft drink may have one | 25 |
| A socially correct goose? | 25 |
| A snooze under a sombrero | 25 |
| A snifter has a short one | 25 |
| A snake may swallow one whole | 29 |
| A smoker might bum one | 22 |
| A smoker may flick it off | 25 |
| A smash might smash into it | 27 |
| A small, freshwater fish | 24 |
| A small drink of liquor | 23 |
| A small dog, for short | 22 |
| A slot machine has one | 22 |
| A slipcover might cover it | 26 |
| A slick, with or without pics | 29 |
| A sleeper hit may be on it | 26 |
| A slave to crosswords? | 22 |
| A size too small, maybe | 23 |
| A sixth-century Dacia settler | 29 |
| A sister-in-law of Jacob | 24 |
| A sister-in-law of Albany | 25 |
| A sister of Terpsichore | 23 |
| A sister of Peter Rabbit | 24 |
| A single, in Stuttgart | 22 |
| A single stroke under par | 25 |
| A single might get you one | 26 |
| A single bounce, in baseball | 28 |
| A simpler one may be recalled | 29 |
| A silent butler may hold it | 27 |